long johns

See also: Long Johns, Long-Johns, long-johns, and longjohns

English

A man wearing long johns

Alternative forms

• (attributively): long john, long-john, longjohn
• long-johns, longjohns

Etymology

Reputedly named after American heavyweight boxer John L. Sullivan (1858–1918); also posed as an approximation of French longues jambes (“long legs”); see Wikipedia.

Noun

long johns pl (plural only)

1. (US) A full-length undergarment, worn on the bottom half of the body, or two-piece, to keep the wearer warm in cold weather.

Synonyms

• long underwear
• thermal underwear
• union suit

Translations

full-length undergarments

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保溫內衣／保温内衣 (bǎonuǎn nèiyī)

• Finnish: pitkät alusvaatteet
• Galician: cirolas f pl
• Hebrew: גַּטְקֶס (he) (gátqes)
• Hungarian: meleg alsóruha/alsónemű/alsóruházat
• Mongolian: дулаан өмд (dulaan ömd)
• Polish: kalesony (pl) pl
• Portuguese: ceroulas (pt) f pl, calção (pt) m
• Russian: кальсо́ны (ru) f pl (kalʹsóny)
• Spanish: calzoncillos largos m pl
• Swedish: långkalsonger (sv) c pl

garment for bottom half of the body

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長內衣褲／长内衣裤 (chángnèiyīkù), 秋褲／秋裤 (zh) (qiūkù)

• Dutch: lange onderbroek
• Finnish: pitkät alushousut
• French: caleçon long (fr) m
• Galician: calzóns m pl
• German: lange Unterhose f
• Hungarian: jégernadrág, jégeralsó (hu), jégergatya, jéger (hu)
• Italian: calzamaglia (it)
• Japanese: タイツ (taitsu), 股引 (ja) (momohiki), ズボン下 (zubon shita)
• Macedonian: ѕиври f pl (dzivri)
• Mongolian: дулаан өмд (dulaan ömd)
• Polish: kalesony (pl) pl
• Portuguese: ceroulas (pt)
• Russian: кальсо́ны (ru) f pl (kalʹsóny)
• Spanish: pantalón interior largo

Further reading

• Long underwear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

long johns

1. plural of long john